Dionysus (Bacchus) and Ariadne Painting

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Dionysus, featured as a young man with a staff and head covering of dwindling vine and grape leaves, a draped cloak, and Bacchus accompanied as a plumper child with wings near the coast, finds Ariadne asleep on red bedding under the entrance of a cave.
Bacchus and Ariadne Oil Painting by Angelica Kauffmann

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This is an oil painting by Angelica Kauffmann (1794) that resides at the Attingham Park in England. It features Dionysus (Bacchus) saving Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete after being abandoned by her lover, Theseus. In the painting, Ariadne is found asleep by Dionysus.

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  • creator
    Angelica Kauffmann
  • original title
    Bacchus and Ariadne
  • publisher
    Angelica Kauffmann
  • publisher place
    Attingham Park, England
  • rights
    Obelisk Art History 2022
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    Obelisk Art History